Neville

Hey guys, I’ve sold my piranhas, they were getting too big for a 10g and they were too messy to take care of; I’ve bought 1 pearl gourami, 1 dwarf gourami, 1 blue gourami, 2 small angels, 1 rainbow shark, 1 zebra loach, 2 dalmatian mollies and 2 red platies. A bit crowded but I’ll return the angels if they get too big.
Everyone is very peaceful in the tank! The zebra loach is very hyperactive; it keeps dancing by the side of the aquarium, angels r very curious about it! Pearl gouramis r a bit shy, rainbow shark is also doing fine. I will post some pics soon.

Chief_waterchanger

Um.. It is more than ~a bit~ crowded. The angels even at their smallest of size shouldn't be kept in a 10g, its bad for their fin developement. That many gourami in a 10g will eventually start getting territorial and killing stuff off. (Gourami are surface dwellers that get territorial.) Zebra loaches should be kept in a groups of 5 or more, as most loaches are very social fish. Mollies and Platies should be kept in trios to avoid overharassment of the individual females by the males.

I hate to sound like a party pooper, but your tank is overstocked even if the fish are at their smallest sellable size, not to mention as they grow. Also I would say for a 10g tank the choice of different species is not that good. (even if the tank were big enough) Once the gourami get territorial the mollies and platies will probably be killed, the angels fins probably will begin to show signs of deformality within a couple of months as well as being pickings for some of the other fish.

capekate

I agree chief water changer...
Im surprised at neville's choice of fish for that 10g tank. It is wayyyy over crowded!
Neville...
You have been on the forum for quite awhile now.. what ever possessed you to get ALL those fish!! lol...
You really should return the angel fish asap! And the full size gourami's as well. Maybe one dwarf gourami would work in that tank. I would return that red shark and the loaches too. Your tank is way to small for the adult size of these fish.
Maybe you can keep the mollies and the playties and one dwarf gourami.
But I would think that is about all you can add to that size tank, and that is probably too many.Dalmation mollies get large and can grow to 4 inches in size!
Sorry... I know its fun to shop for fish, but your fish will not be happy crowded the way they are now.
~ kate

Neville

yeah, i know, crowded, sorry, i think i'll buy a bigger tank soon, my fish r very small now; and i think i've got sample mollies not dalmatian; not sure, LFS told me that they r sample mollies, never heard of sample mollies before! u guys know anything about it? i'll perform frequent water changes......my mollies and platies r all females. actually i can't maintain a huge tank now, so busy, but i love this fishkeeping hobby!!! that's why can't resist, these fish look so beautiful......

capekate

Hi Neville
If you love fishkeeping like you say you do, and I believe that you do.. you would do right by those fish. Your gouramis are going to fight with the angelfish at some point. Those fish are not going to be happy in that small 10g tank, and even tho they are small right now, they are still too big for that tank. How would you feel at losing a fish because it was over crowded and they were uncompatable with each other? I really hope that you reconsider and bring some of those fish back to the LFS ... and wait til you are able to get a larger tank before bringing them home again. It just doesnt seem fair to those fish...
~ kate

Neville

i think i'll buy a bigger tank soon; but it will take couple of months. i think i can take care of them until then.
All my gouramis look very peaceful! They r not bothering others, angels r also looking perfect; the pearl gourami was afraid of me at first, but after I fed him a couple of times, he started to recognize me, this afternoon he started dancing when he saw me in front of the tank, I named him ‘pearly’ but he is still a little shy of other fish in the tank. The dwarf gourami is very beautiful; he is not afraid of anything and is very gentle. The blue gourami is very introvert, he likes to stay alone and don’t mix with other fish but does not harass other fish. The zebra loach is very active as I said so is the rainbow shark, the mollies and platies r also fine.
I really started to like these gouramis, they r very interesting and have great personality especially the blue one.

Chief_waterchanger

If you are that dead-set on keeping the overstocked tank I will leave you with the hope that the gourami do not hit "puberty" before you get the angels and other things out of the tank.

Oh and btw, the loach and molly and platy and shark may all be very active, but part of that very well could be stress from being the only ones of their kind in the tank. Stress leads to lowered immune systems, which leads to disease breakouts in the tank.

I agree with CapeKate's points and will go the step further to say it is very irresponsible to keep fish in that condition, especially knowing full-well that it is not even a decent setup.

Best of luck.

Neville

hey people, changed my fish again as u requested, bought 2 fancy goldfish for my 10g; 3" each........will post some pics soon.

Wolfgang8810

wow man gold fish need even a bigger thank than that i think the smallest tank sugguested for goldfish is 30 gallons. and they are heavy heavy waste producers. what are you thinking man? try 4 tiger barbs there active and fun to watch.

Chief_waterchanger

Wolfgang's right.

Goldfish, the smallest get to 6 inches a piece and need much more than 1 gallon of water per inch. Goldfish need something like 5 gallons per inch atleast. Most recommend 30g for first goldfish and 10 gallons for every one after that, I wouldn't keep them in anything smaller than a 55g though.

We all would be more than happy to help ya out on suggestions to stock a 10g with if you would like the help, but I honestly don't think you are using your knowledge to pick the fish, it seems like you are picking just for flashy colors. Even the 2 fancy goldfish at 3 inches each need like atleast a 20g, not counting what they'll need fullgrown.

Neville

hey guys! i'll buy a 20g within 2 months, promise!!!!!! can't maintain a bigger tank than 20g until i finish my MBA!!!!!!